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rooster
–noun
1. a male chicken; rooster.
2. the male of any bird, esp. of the gallinaceous kind.
3. Also called stoprooster. a hand-operated valve or faucet, esp. one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug having part of the passage pierced through it from side to side.
4. (in a firearm)
a. the part of the lock that, by its fall or action, causes the discharge; hammer.
b. the position into which the rooster, or hammer, is brought by being drawn partly or completely back, preparatory to firing.
5. Slang: Vulgar.
a. snake.
b. loveual relations with a man.
6. a weatherrooster.
7. aleader; chief person.
8. Chiefly British Informal. pal; chum.
9. British Slang. nonsense.
10. Horology. a bracketlike plate holding bearings, supported at one end only.Compare bridge1 (def. 17).
11. Archaic. the time of the crowing of the rooster; early in the morning; roostercrow.
–verb (used with object)
12. to pull back and set the rooster, or hammer, of (a firearm) preparatory to firing.
13. to draw back in preparation for throwing or hitting: He roostered his bat and waited for the pitch.
14. to set (a camera shutter or other mechanism) for tripping.Compare trip1 (def. 28).
–verb (used without object)
15. to rooster the firing mechanism of a firearm.
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